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Anonymous   03-23-2005 at 12:19:02 PM

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We have one printer, it works O.K. for me as user(admin) but when my wife
logs on it shows x'ed out on tray and does not work. Please advise, Jimmy J.

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Anonymous   03-23-2005 at 05:26:53 PM
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Log on as your wife.
Press winkey-break(or start/run 'sysdm.cpl') ,/Hardware tab Open the Device manager and click the + sign next to Ports(COM & LPT).
select the printer port, e.g. ECP Printer Port (LPT1). Port Settings tab check the 'Enable legacy Plug and Play detection'

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"Jimmy J." <JimmyJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3B07B702-B4CB-4136-8C4A-99226A15F02E@microsoft.com...
> We have one printer, it works O.K. for me as user(admin) but when my wife
> logs on it shows x'ed out on tray and does not work. Please advise, Jimmy J.

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